Friday, April 10, 2009

Predicting (Inferring) a Box's Behavior (Outputs, Reports)

Assume:

Input: an observation (a signal, a possibly-sensed event).

Output: a statement.

Intermediary: a box.

Question: To predict a box's outputs given specified inputs, do you have to be able to see (or infer) the innards (or workings) of the box or is it sufficient to be able to observe the box's outputs in the past given specified inputs?

About Me

Student of the law of evidence, evidence, inference, and investigation. Sometimes writes books. Sometimes writes articles. Sometimes tinkers with computer programs to support the marshaling of evidence for legal activities such as trials and pretrial discovery and investigation. And sometimes takes photographs.